Good morning campers! Today I have a delicious protein pancake recipe to get you through your workouts, and it contains something I think most protein pancake recipes neglect.

This recipe contains ground flaxseed — an absolute MUST in your diet! I use flaxseed to top my cereal, oatmeal, and sometimes I even mix it into smoothies. Flaxseeds have been linked to potentially reducing the risk for heart disease, cancer and stroke, and they contain essential omega-3 fatty acids that are heart-healthy.

Flaxseed has a ton of protein, fiber, (essential for making your weight loss efforts effective) and is a superfood you should be eating more of to make your diet healthier.

The bananas make this recipe super fluffy, and if you want these flapjacks sweeter, use a banana that is more ripe.

Mix the following in a bowl:

1 egg

1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (I use Vega)

Dash of cinnamon (i.e. as much as you want, in my case several healthy shakes)

1/4 cup water

1 tbsp ground flaxseed

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 small mashed ripe banana

Grease a frying pan (preferably with olive oil cooking spray), and then cook pancakes until golden-brown.

Top with honey, cinnamon, and fresh fruit if you have it (I’m a bad health blogger, I need to go to the store).